HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) vs Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)

HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 1 Sep 2015
HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)
Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 1 Nov 2013
Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)

Summary

Reasons to consider HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.

Reasons to consider Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Mantle
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)

HWBench recommends Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
GPU NameSkylake GT2 ()vsOland ()
Fab Process14 nmvs28 nm
Die Size49 mm²vs90 mm²
Transistors189 millionvs1,040 million
Shaders192vs320
Compute Units0vs5
Core clock300 MHzvs730 MHz
ROPs3vs8
TMUs24vs20

Memory Configuration

HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
Memory TypeSystem SharedvsDDR3
Bus WidthSystem Sharedvs128 bit
Memory SpeedSystem Sharedvs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size0 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
TDP15 wattsvs50 watts
Release Date1 Sep 2015vs1 Nov 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)
    0.90 GP/s
  • Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
    5.84 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)
    7.20 GT/s
  • Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
    14.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)
    0.00 GB/s
  • Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
    28.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)
    115.20 GFLOPs
  • Radeon R7 240 (HD 8570 rebrand)
    467.20 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better